Margaret Alva

Margaret Alva
Margaret Alva in 2006
17th Governor of Goa
In office
12 July 2014 – 5 August 2014
Chief MinisterManohar Parrikar
Preceded byBharat Vir Wanchoo
Succeeded byOm Prakash Kohli
23rd Governor of Gujarat
In office
7 July 2014 – 15 July 2014
Chief MinisterAnandiben Patel
Preceded byKamla Beniwal
Succeeded byOm Prakash Kohli
19th Governor of Rajasthan
In office
12 May 2012 – 5 August 2014
Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot
Vasundhara Raje
Preceded byShivraj Patil
Succeeded byRam Naik (Additional Charge)
4th Governor of Uttarakhand
In office
6 August 2009 – 14 May 2012
Chief Minister
Preceded byBanwari Lal Joshi
Succeeded byAziz Qureshi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byAnant Kumar Hegde
Succeeded byAnant Kumar Hegde
ConstituencyKanara
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
In office
26 June 1991 – 26 May 1996
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
In office
26 May 1985 – 26 May 1989
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs
In office
25 July 1984 – 25 July 1985
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
In office
25 July 1993 – 25 July 1996
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
25 July 1974–25 July 1998
ConstituencyKarnataka
Personal details
Born
Margaret Nazareth

(1942-04-14) 14 April 1942 (age 82)
Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India
(present-day Mangaluru, Karnataka, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Niranjan Alva
(m. 1964; died 2018)
[1]
RelationsViolet Alva (Mother-in-Law) Joachim Alva (Father-in-law)
Children3 son(s) and 1 daughter
ResidenceNew Delhi
Alma materMount Carmel College (B.A.), University Law College, Bangalore (LL.B.)
ProfessionLawyer

Margaret Nazareth Alva (born 14 April 1942) is an Indian politician. She served as the 17th Governor of Goa, 23rd Governor of Gujarat, 19th Governor of Rajasthan and 4th Governor of Uttarakhand at various times between 2009 and 2014. She has formerly served as the Cabinet Minister. She took over in Rajasthan from the Punjab governor, Shivraj Patil, who had been holding an additional charge of that state. Before being appointed governor, she was a senior figure in the Indian National Congress and was Joint Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. Her mother-in-law, Violet Alva, was Second Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha in 1960s.

On 17 July 2022, the United Progressive Alliance along with some other non-UPA opposition parties nominated her for the post of Vice President of India in the 2022 election.[2] But she was defeated by her opponent Jagdeep Dhankhar by a margin of 346 votes on 6 August 2022.

  1. ^ "Niranjan Thomas Alva passes away". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Ex-union minister Margaret Alva is Opposition's vice presidential candidate". The Indian Express. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.